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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leon Kaufman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph W Carlson, Kensington, CA (US);
Assignee:
Toshiba America MRI, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324318 ;
Abstract
An RF coil for an MRI system is self-supported by the formed conductor used to make the coil itself. A high-strength, high-conductive, stiff, internally self-supporting Cu-ag alloy may be used.